I disagree that Fred needs to get tossed to make his point with the refs. Even watching on TV I have been able to see Fred get his points across to the officials very clearly. There are some officials who may be intimidated by a coach. There are others who will get ****** off if you show them up and you won't get the benefit of the doubt on any calls. I don't think any officials will be intimidated by a first year D-I coach. I would prefer that Fred is Fred rather than trying to be someone else. When/if he really blows (as much as Fred Hoiberg will ever blow-up), he will have a reputation for a level head and the officials will be more likely to believe that they really blew the call.
As far as the officiating goes, Texas drew more fouls and deserved to have more calls. However, the disparity was ridiculous. I don't buy the argument that ISU was not aggressive enough, either. I watched Iowa State players, front and back court alike, pass up a jump shot and drive in only to get hacked and no whistle. Obviously ISU was way overmatched and it likely didn't decide the game. However, to say that justice was blind may actually be ironically accurate in this case. Those distributing justice at times did appear to be blind. It was curious that when the game was clearly decided that suddenly ISU got a few calls and shot a few FT's. I don't believe in and am not suggesting a conspiracy, but it was curious.
Hopefully when Fred has ISU consistently in the top half of the conference, he will be getting the calls rather than getting screwed by them.